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3,000 Watt Inverter.


Hi guys,
The 'Van I'm seriously thinking of buying [ when I sell the house] has 6 sealed Batteries, a 3,000 Watt inverter, a 120 watt 3 stage battery charging unit, and a 40A battery protector.

I don't think it has Solar Panels.  [Not sure about this.]  Is it possible that these batteries re-charge while travelling ?

Wouldn't it be better to have Solar Panels ?

Cheers,
xina.

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I would suggest...you prob need a mininum.....of 3 x 120watt Solar panels..that would depend on what size the batterys were..

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I would think the folks that owned it before spent a fair bit of time free camping, your alternator on a days travel will not have the ability to fully recharge that amount of batts, I would say the previous owner also had a fair array of solar to keep it topped up which he kept and recharged at a c/park

before you purchase a great heap of solar panels work out what you are going to use first, only put back in a little more than you are going to be taking out! or you will waste a lot of money!

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Thanks guys. Don't have to worry about that one. Found out they don't make them anymore.
Back to the drawing board again.
It's not that I don't like the Hi-ace, but when I go on the road more often, I want just a little more room. And I do want to Free-camp all the time.

Cheers,
xina.

-- Edited by xina on Thursday 4th of March 2010 09:07:29 PM

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